News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) announced that Tom
Mockridge, who has served as Chief Executive Officer of News
International since July 2011, will leave the company at the end of the
year to pursue outside opportunities.

Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corporation, commented: “For
nearly 22 years, it has been my pleasure to have Tom Mockridge as a
colleague. Whether it was his early days with our newspaper group in
Australia, his incredible work building SKY Italia, or his steadfast
leadership of News International, Tom has always been a skilled
executive and a trusted friend. His decision to step down is absolutely
and entirely his own. I am sorry to see him leave us but I know he will
be a great success wherever he goes.”

Mr. Mockridge joined News Ltd in Australia in 1991, was CEO of Foxtel
from 1997 to 2000, spent a year with James Murdoch at Star TV, then
transferred to New Zealand as CEO of what was then the Company’s
newspaper operations and Chair of SkyNZ, before moving to Italy in 2002
to create Sky Italia. Subsequently he also assumed the role of CEO
European Television, and serves on the Boards of BSkyB and Sky
Deutschland and is Chair of Fox Turkey.

About News Corporation

News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) had total assets
as of September 30, 2012 of approximately US$60 billion and total annual
revenues of approximately US$34 billion. News Corporation is a
diversified global media company with operations in six industry
segments: cable network programming; filmed entertainment; television;
direct broadcast satellite television; publishing; and other. The
activities of News Corporation are conducted principally in the United
States, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, Asia and
Latin America.